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linux/net/mptcp
Gang Yan fcf04b1433 mptcp: sync the msk->sndbuf at accept() time
On passive MPTCP connections, the msk sndbuf is not updated correctly.

The root cause is an order issue in the accept path:

- tcp_check_req() -> subflow_syn_recv_sock() -> mptcp_sk_clone_init()
  calls __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() to copy the ssk sndbuf into msk

- Later, tcp_child_process() -> tcp_init_transfer() ->
  tcp_sndbuf_expand() grows the ssk sndbuf.

So __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() runs before the ssk sndbuf has been
expanded and the msk ends up with a much smaller sndbuf than the
subflow:

  MPTCP: msk->sndbuf:20480, msk->first->sndbuf:2626560

Fix this by moving the __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() call from
mptcp_sk_clone_init() -- the ssk sndbuf is not yet finalized there -- to
__mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() at accept() time, when the ssk sndbuf has
been fully expanded by tcp_sndbuf_expand().

Fixes: 8005184fd1 ("mptcp: refactor sndbuf auto-tuning")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/602
Signed-off-by: Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420-net-mptcp-sync-sndbuf-accept-v1-1-e3523e3aeb44@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2026-04-23 13:20:17 +02:00
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